Merry Christmas and a very happy, healthy New Year! Jessie looks wonderful, and her hair is coming in really well! We're trying to manage through the grow-in phase, fighting some tough cowlicks. Hollis's hair is pretty much even on both sides now though: our surgeon only shaves the side of the head he's working on. ; )

Jessie's hair is growing over the scar..... it makes me remember the releif I felt when Madeleine's hair started growing over the scar..and we were able to have a life without seizures.It's a undescribable feeling of happiness.Jessie is beautiful! It's funny the comment about the cowlicks,, I'm having the same problem :) GOD BLESS!! (My Sweet Blessing Blog)

About Me

Jessie is 8 years-old and in 2nd Grade. She has 3 brothers, Matt(12), Jake(10) and Josh(10). She loves people, and never met a stranger. She loves to laugh and sing and play. Jessie was diagnosed with Rasmussen's Encephalitis(RE), which is a rare brain disease that usually attacks healthy children about her age. The only known treatment for this cruel disease is a hemispherectomy (surgical removal of one-half of the brain)
This is an account of Jessie's confrontation with RE and her families attempts to navigate through a new world to bring her the best care possible. Surgery was on June 11, 2008.
This Blog is an attempt to help people undertand this disease and surgery, and to help others with kids going through it to find comfort and resource from someone who has been there before.
Read from bottom, up. It will be updated continuously through Jessie's Miraculous Recovery.
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